Definition of "test drive" []

• A sample use of a motor vehicle done in order to assess its quality before purchase. (noun)
• Any preliminary assessment of something through use. (noun)
• To take a motor vehicle on the road to assess its quality before purchase. (verb)
• To make a preliminary assessment of something through its use. (verb)

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• "Insist on a twenty-mile test drive and then reinspect the engine."
• "I took a test drive in the R350, and all that leg room was even more fun on the open highway than it had been in the showroom."